After its second defeat in less than a year by Great Barrington voters, the outcome of the vote to renovate Monument Mountain Regional High School appeared to surprise Berkshire Hills School Committee Chair Stephen Bannon.

As quoted in The Berkshire Edge: “We don’t have an official plan B,” Bannon said wearily, while waiting in Town Clerk Marie Ryan’s office for the tribulation of Great Barrington results. “We didn’t spend the money or take the time to develop alternative plans.”